"Black Water Lily": an impossible comic adaptation, the perfect embodiment of suspense, imagination and romance

The Black Water Lilies is a comic book version of The Black Water Lilies by French master author Michel Possy.

After reading "Black Water Lilies", I immediately became a diehard fan of Michelle Posey, and I wrote a book review for this book because I was emotionally excited after reading it.

Michelle Posey said that she once thought that Black Water Lilies could not be adapted into an image, but Frederic Duvall's screenplay and Didier Cassegrain's painting overturned this prejudice, allowing This manga went from dream to reality.

Before I saw this "Black Water Lily" comic, I thought so too. Because the tricks used in the book "Black Water Lilies" can only be implemented at the literal level, if implemented with images, I think it is very easy to spoil. As a result, after reading this comic, I found that the adaptation was really wonderful. Not only did it capture the essence of the original, but the whole atmosphere and picture were exactly the same as the picture I had when I read the original. The original text of

is based on the interspersed first and third perspectives as the structure of the article. In the comic adaptation of , although the role of the old woman "I" is still used for the first-person elaboration. But from the reader's point of view, it is clear that we are still looking at the whole story from a third perspective, or God's perspective. Because of the superb adaptation of the screenwriter, even though the perspective has undergone some subtle changes, the comics have not departed from the essence of the original work. The reader's eyes can still follow everyone.

"Black Water Lilies" is a suspense novel set in Monet's garden. When I read the original book, I felt that the background of the whole book describes very beautifully, with typical French romance and darkness.

On the surface, Monet's Garden is full of art and flowers, but in fact, the dreams, emotions and whole lives of three women are imprisoned here. In the original work, you can use words to feel the dazzling scenery and understand the contradiction between human nature. In comics, cartoonist Didier Cassegrain not only described this contradiction from the characters' expressions and dialogues, but obviously he also made some renderings and distinctions from color .

You can see that when the old painter was murdered by , the painter used a very bright yellow, which shows that the murder itself is a sin in the bright sunshine.

The repentance of the old man who had been in bed for a long time before his death was in a dark color with a sense of depression, showing the shock of the old woman and her despair over the whole buried life.

The mutual attraction between the detective and Stephanie uses the ochre yellow of dusk and sunset. It is full of ambiguity, but it is very close to the dark of sunset .

The color of the whole book is very changeable, in line with the progression of the plot and the emotional changes of the characters. It can be said that color is one of the highlights of this picture book .

and then look at the mirror of the work. Cartoonist Didier Casegrand uses a more traditional storyboard approach. Basically a neat split. Although the impact is not strong, it is relatively smooth for readers to read, and the transition of each character's plot is very natural.

Didier Cassegrain's style is a typical European and American style. But unlike the American style, it does not use dynamic lines to create such a strong sense of movement. There is a bit of the leisurely meaning of the legal system in it.

The character modeling is also very beautiful, especially Fanette, Stephanie and the old woman. The three main characters are very clearly distinguished. Looking back carefully, there are clues that readers can inquire about.

is not lazy at all in the setting of other characters, and the degree of completion is very high. Most of the characters are very close to the characters I imagined, and it is a comic adaptation that fits my imagination very well.

I agree to set up a dreaming charge.

This verse in the pocket of the deceased is not only a clue to solve the case, but also the finishing touch of the whole book.

Harm a person more than take his life. Imprisoning dreams in the name of love and protection is a crime against the soul.

I once said in my post-reading of the original book that on the surface this book tells the story of murder, but in fact it discusses the horror of human nature. How people who have love and dreams for the world are imprisoned and their hearts are ashes.

This picture book looks very bright and romantic at first glance, but there are undercurrents and suspense everywhere. The final result was revealed, which is very surprising, but it is reasonable. In the original book, I once regretted what happened to them. After reading the comics of "Black Water Lily" this time, I was moved by these suffocated dreams.

If you like Michelle Posey too, this Black Water Lily comic is really a must have book.